"Obviously getting criticism is hard but it's one of those things where I was lucky enough to get through so I kind of took the positives out of it and I was like `OK, I've got to prove it to Ronan through boot camp'," Teinaki said.

"I was pretty taken aback by the negative comment that came out of it but I was happy to see that I got through to boot camp with the three yeses, and the other judges that did say yes kind of stuck up for me and that made me feel a little bit better."

Teinaki said he was both nervous and keen to get out on stage for his audition.

"It's kind of a different feel to what I have been doing before. I had expectations on myself that I had to go out there and give it my best shot but I didn't believe I was definitely a shoo-in and I had to work for it," he said.

He said he was particularly proud to be representing the North- West Coast on X Factor.

"I love it, I'm embracing the fact that when you go to the mainland, Tassie is kind of the underdog when it comes to stuff like this," Teinaki said.

Most of all he said the support from everyone back home, even before the show had aired, was incredible.